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Tom Coburn: “I will repeat today what I said in person and in writing. It authorizes $1.5 billion spending with not one offset and…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2006
I will repeat today what I said in person and in writing. It authorizes $1.5 billion spending with not one offset and zero consideration for prioritization of how we spend money in this country.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Criticizing a spending bill during a floor speech.

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